Year in Review: That Wright is still only 26 gives him hope for a full recovery from his powerless 2009 season. His fly-ball percentage continued a three-year decline, but worse was his precipitous drop in home runs per fly ball (down to 7% in 2009). The results have many blaming the new stadium, but the average distance on his home runs (402.5 feet) was in line with his career rates and the stadium played surprisingly neutral (1.07 park factor for home runs). It seems to be a conscious emphasis on more line drives (career high 25.9% LD rate in ‘09) than any real drop in power. Other than slight erosion in his contact rate (80.4% in ‘09, 83.2% career) driven by his increased strikeout rate (26.3% in ‘09, 20.1% career) and less success against the fastball (+10.6 runs in ‘09, +28.9 average over the four years prior), there are few real negatives beyond the lack of power.

The Year Ahead: Hopefully the offseason will give Wright the space he needs to realize that Citi Field does not demand a change in approach at the plate. It is a field like most others, and home runs do leave the park. By merely hitting a few more fly balls, he should easily return to hitting home runs in the high 20s. The good news is that his speed and ability to hit for average never disappeared, and that a healthy year from the rest of the lineup should bring his RBI and runs to their customary elite levels. Scale 2009 to a full year and he would have had 11 home runs and 30 stolen bases. If that is his basement, he's still a top-six third baseman, at worst, and the potential of a .300 average, 30-30 third baseman is tantalizing and possibly enough to be worthy of an early-round pick. (Eno Sarris)

Profile: David Wright gets a lot of guff for a third baseman with power, patience and speed. Sure, his defense isn't what it used to be, and his power is more of the "line drive" than "light tower" variety, but he's still an excellent player in real life. In fantasy, his value is augmented even further by his ability to put up home runs and stolen bases at a premium position. He's been striking out more in recent years (27.4% in 2010, 21.2% career), which means that his batting average is a little shakier than it once was. Along with the higher strikeout rates, he's now had plus BABIPs for two years running (.394 and .335), but that's about par for his career, too (.343 career). Now that he's figured out Citi Field (or something), and is in the peak of his career (28 going into 2011), there's no reason not to love Wright in fantasy baseball. You can worry about declining steals totals and injury concerns later in his career, and hem and haw over the higher strikeout rates, or you can enjoy what you've got right now: a solid power/speed combo and first-round pick on the infield. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: Don't worry about the strikeouts or defense -- David Wright is a solid first-round pick with power and speed at a position that isn't what it once was. Nothing wrong about that in fantasy baseball.

Profile: Mr. Wright has mostly been wrong over the past two years. In 2010, it was a hole on the outside part of the plate that led to the worst strikeout rate of his career. In 2011, he covered up the hole, but some of his power disappeared. That might have had to do with the stress fracture that they discovered in his back -- presumably suffered while carrying the team for all those years. If he can pair the career-level strikeout rate that he showed in 2011 with the career-level power that he showed in 2010, he can re-discover his early career form. He's only 29, and his contract year is fast approaching, and his team just moved in the walls. At the very least a healthy year should produce .280 20/20... on the infield. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: Don't forget that David Wright has power and speed and plays third base. As free agency approaches, he also has plenty of reasons to push through the pain and play a full season -- which could easily produce 20/20 numbers and plenty of fantasy value.

Profile: 2012 looked like a huge bounce-back season for the Mets' star third baseman, and he was rewarded for it with a huge contract extension at the end of the year. His strikeout rate rebounded (16.7%, 18.5% career), his power inched north (.186 isolated slugging percentage, .172 in 2011), and though he was caught stealing ten times, he still managed 15 stolen base. With a better contact rate, his batting average was back in its customary spot (.306, .302 career) and at this point it's folly to blame it all on his batting average on balls in play (.347 in 2012, .341 career). There is the matter of Wright's late-season swoon -- his isolated slugging percentage was below league average for the last third of the season -- to remind you of some of the back-and-forth oscillation that Wright has shown over the course of his career. At the same time, he's only once had a below-average ISO, he's only once had a batting average under .280, and he's only once stolen fewer than 15 bags. He's not without risk entirely, but at an infield position, .300/20/10 plays well as a baseline. Not quite a first-round-type, Wright is still a stud. (Eno Sarris)

The Quick Opinion: Instead of "TRAID," David Wright got PAID. And with good reason -- throughout all the minor oscillations in his power and strikeout rate, he's actually been a steady guy with power, speed, and (most years) a strong batting average at a tough position. He's 30 now, and won't be elite in any one category, but pay him like a second-tier superstar and you'll get good fantasy value.

Profile: When it comes to banking on elite fantasy production, David Wright has been as virtually reliable as they come throughout his career. After battling the first significant non-flukish injury in 2013, Wright returned for the final week of the season and seems poised to continue to be one of the game’s best in 2014. When on the field last season, Wright was in prime form, posting strikeout and homer per at-bat rates on par with his best seasons while going 17/20 in attempted steals. A mediocre supporting cast and average home park limits the gaudiness of his numbers, but Wright is still the elite entity he was five or six years ago and remains one of the games true five-category studs. He might be a second rounder in mixed leagues, and a mid first-rounder in NL-only leagues. (Derek Ambrosino)

The Quick Opinion: David Wright has been one of the most reliably elite fantasy entities of the last decade. He’s a five-category stud and one of the game’s best and should be treated as such on draft day.

Profile: David Wright dropped from 55th in average home run and fly ball average distance (291.4 ft.) in 2013 to 242nd (266.5 ft.) last year -- most likely from an ailing shoulder, which did not end up requiring surgery this offseason. Maybe Wright will profit from the right-field fence moving in, but Jeff Zimmerman makes things look ominous in his MASH Report on the subject. If Wright stays healthy, we should still see some power and speed and good run production combos with a .275 batting average -- but that comes with risk. Last year, the 32-year-old was outside of the top 35 third-basemen in isolated slugging percentage. I would personally expect something closer to his 2009 outcomes without the stolen bases and batted ball luck. It is tough to assess David Wright from a fantasy perspective. In a time of third base commoditization, where the positional value is less clear, he remains an asset. But not the asset he once was. (Dan Schwartz)

The Quick Opinion: Wright may have fallen into Xander Bogaerts and Manny Machado territory by now. Both have worse contact rates than Wright, but due to age and shoulder health, they're both better bets for power growth than the Mets' captain. In re-draft leagues, you might prefer David Wright one more year, but this does mean he's a bottom-tier third baseman in mixed leagues.

Profile: No longer a player to rely on as a standard league starting third baseman, David Wright still may provide value to those in deeper leagues or as a utility option. Wright will almost certainly spend time on the disabled list as his chronic back issues are likely to appear again. With Wright being 33 and injury prone, the Mets will probably try and give him regular rest which will hut his fantasy value in weekly leagues that do not allow owners to move starters around day-to-day. Even though he is aging and oft-injured, it is still a good bet to expect production out of Wright when he is healthy. He only had 174 plate appearances last season, but it was nice to see his bat look good after a very rough 2014. Once a solid resource for steals, it is unlikely that we see Wright reach double digit steals but double digit home runs is certainly plausible if he is able to get around 350-400 plate appearances. At basically no cost on draft day, Wright could be worth a gamble to start the year later in the draft in hopes that he starts off the year well and plays mostly regularly. (Ben Duronio)

The Quick Opinion: Wright's back issues had him on the disabled list for much of the Mets magical run last season. It is difficult to imagine him having a disabled list-free season this year, but at a low cost on draft day and with a bat that still produces, he is not a bad bench or utility option.

Profile: David Wright lost nearly the entire 2016 season with the third major back/spine injury of his career, this time he requiring a spinal fusion for a herniated disc in his neck. There is mixed optimism and realism surrounding his return for the 2017 season, with Wright openly admitting there are questions regarding his ability to perform in the future. He will have a normal, full off season to prepare for the 2017 season, which suggests he should, at least, enter spring training with as good a bill of health as he can have at this point in his career. While healthy in 2016, Wright provided borderline elite offense, suggesting the spinal stenosis had done little to limit his swing, at least in short stints. It remains to be seen how he will respond to this fusion procedure. When healthy, we know Wright has an outstanding bat, one you would liken to Hall of Fame level production, but his health problems are so serious that he could easily be limited to fewer than 200 PA for the third consecutive season. (Andrew Perpetua)

The Quick Opinion: Wright is worth a gamble in the later rounds of the draft assuming he’s healthy enough to start the season. I have no doubt in my mind that, when healthy, he will provide elite offense. He may not remain healthy for long, but that shouldn’t stop you from taking advantage of the time he’s on the field.